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Originally Posted by DNSB
Jon, where the <expletive deleted> did you get that crap about needing a battery door?
To quote from section 38 of REGULATION (EU) 2023/1542:
Please note there is no mention of a battery door anywhere in the document. Current Kobo ereaders where you pop the back cover off with spudger/guitar pick/whatever to access the battery meets that requirement. The iFixit Kobo battery kit contains all the tools needed so the commercially available part is met. Oddly, I already have the tools required but electronics is one of my hobbies.
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Thanks for this. I didn’t bother to look up the actual law before, I was relying on mainstream media articles about it. I was hoping that battery doors would come back, or at least something similar, like in the good old days. (Wishful thinking.) I admit that was a mistake.
Well, if companies settle on this method (by providing tools), but it still takes over an hour and brings a big risk of damaging other parts of the device when all we want is to swap out a freakin’ battery, then this law’s not gonna help too much, if at all...